Social Impact & Development
Rabiya Anwer
Assistant Secretary General
Employers’ Federation of Pakistan
Biography
Rabiya Anwer is Assistant Secretary General at the Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP), where she leads employer-focused initiatives advancing women’s leadership, economic empowerment and gender-responsive workplace practice. Her work includes EFP’s Women Development Network and annual recognition awards.
She coordinates EFP’s work with the Pakistan Tripartite Alliance for Just Transition (PTA-JT), including stakeholder engagement and development of the Alliance’s 2026–27 workplan. She has contributed practical tools to help enterprises assess their readiness for a greener, more sustainable economy. In 2026, she also led the development and coordination of EFP eCampus’s self-paced Foundations of Just Transition course in collaboration with the ILO.
Rabiya is registered in the SOCIEUX+ (European Union) Expert Database in Decent Work and Sustainable Development. Her international engagements include an in-person SOCIEUX+ expert assignment in Uganda and conference participation in Rwanda and Geneva, alongside remote international webinars.
She holds an MSc in Project Management and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Areas of expertise
- Gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
- Decent work and gender-responsive workplaces
- Just transition and sustainable enterprise
- Private-sector engagement and stakeholder partnerships
- Women’s and youth leadership
- Green skills, digital learning and the future of work
Experience and contributions
- Leads EFP employer-focused gender equality programmes, including the Women Development Network; EFP’s annual recognition awards mark their sixth edition in 2026.
- Coordinates EFP’s PTA-JT programme engagement with the ILO and SOCIEUX+, developed the Alliance’s 2026–27 workplan and contributed practical enterprise readiness tools.
- Led development and coordination of EFP eCampus’s 2026 Foundations of Just Transition self-paced course with the ILO.
- Registered in the SOCIEUX+ Expert Database for Decent Work and Sustainable Development.
International experience
- Uganda | 2026 | In person: SOCIEUX+ expert at the Federation of Uganda Employers’ 15th Annual Women Leadership Conference, contributing regional perspectives on women’s leadership, entrepreneurship and gender equality.
- Rwanda | 2024 | In person: Panelist at the Decent Jobs for Youth Conference on green and digital skills.
- Geneva, Switzerland | 2022 | In person: Panelist at a side event to the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council on intersectionality, racial discrimination and the protection of minorities.
- International webinars | 2022–2023 | Remote: Speaker and panellist on green skills, youth employment, social justice and inclusive development.
Engagement interests
Speaker · Panelist · Podcast / Webinar · Mentor
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